Read to Someone

Reading is a great activity to share with a friend! Over the last week, we have been learning about what "Read to Someone" looks and sounds like during Reading Workshop.  We have also learned about how to be a great reading coach to our partner.   Have you every wondered about how to best support your student's reading at home?  This week I will send home a "Coaching Strategies" bookmark.  This bookmark is filled with reading and comprehension strategies we use in school and can be a great resource for supporting your child at home.  

 Students in Mrs. Sullivan's class get cozy during Reading Workshop with a good book and a friend.

Hopes and Dreams

Students have completed their Hopes and Dreams Clouds which now hang from our classroom ceiling.  Each cloud outlines the student's hope or goal for third grade and their dream for the future. We used these hopes and dreams as the catalyst for creating our classroom rules.  We talked about the need to support everyone in reaching their goals and students brainstormed what rules needed to be in place to make that happen.  This fits in nicely with work we are doing with Georgia government right now.  We are exploring rights and responsibilities of citizens in a community.   

Butterfly Life Cycle

Mrs. Harvey provided our class with a monarch caterpillar so students could witness the life cycle of a butterfly.  Our caterpillar decided to do most of his changing overnight when we were all asleep, so we watched videos that showed the different changes in action.  Ask your child about the molting and chrysalis videos; students were captivated.  Wednesday night our butterfly emerged and we had a new friend to greet us Thursday morning.  This was the same day we were also welcoming a new student into our class! We released our butterfly Thursday afternoon so that he could begin his long journey south.

 We will be studying life cycles and food webs during science beginning in October.